# Musk calls Kyiv’s stance on Putin-Trump diesel deal ‘troubling’

https://mins.news/en/item/100987

- TASS, 2026-10-15 07:28 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/economy/2202321

> US entrepreneur Elon Musk called Ukraine’s position on the diesel deal between Moscow and Washington “troubling” while responding to a post by US blogger Mike Cernovich, who accused Ukraine of ingratitude for American aid. Cernovich said Trump wanted diesel prices to fall by a dollar or two before the midterms. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine was losing a major US partner.

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